Today another great day at Heiser Farms is in the books, and this time we enjoyed it with a record 409 racers. Thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers for coming out and helping make a great Fall day into a fun racing event. Photos from the day are here on our Facebook page.

This Saturday will be our sixth running of the Heiser Farms cyclocross race on the OBRA calendar. The last few years have been sunny and dry but with all the recent rains, the course could be a bit muddy. Regardless of the weather, as usual we’ll be having a fun time on the farm with not just great racing in an amazing venue, but pony, train, and fire truck rides as well as a pumpkin cannon. Register online at Athletepath and come out and enjoy this family friendly venue.

Sometimes it’s too early for cyclocross, like when you haven’t trained all summer and the first race is on August 31st. Regardless of my own slow painful race I stuck around to take photos of the Masters B through A races today in Vancouver. The full set is here on Facebook.

Starting tonight at 5:45 PM at Bush Pasture Park, by the roses off of High St. these cyclocross clinics will continue for the next 4 Wednesday nights, same bat time same bat channel!

These clinics are good for everyone who wants to cross race, from novice crossers to the seasoned veteran who just wants to hone his skills. So come on out and have fun with us, learn a few things and maybe teach me a few things.

8/21 Basic intro, equipment, and dismounts and mounts

8/28 Dismounts and mounts, barriers

9/4 Barriers, shouldering the bike, and run ups

9/11 Bike handling, barriers.

9/18 Ride to Minto for practice race, bringing all the elements learned together.

Thanks again to the sponsors: Garrett Hemann Robertson and MetaFilter, and we’re also thankful for support from Heiser Farms, Homestar Brokers, Bike Peddler, Santiam Bicycle, Scott’s Cycle, and FoxBlue Printing. Big thanks also to all the volunteers that helped with registration, setup, and clean-up, we couldn’t run this event without everyone helping out.

The series is being presented by Garrett Hemann Robertson and MetaFilter, and we’re also thankful for support from Heiser Farms, Homestar Brokers, Bike Peddler, Santiam Bicycle, Scott’s Cycle, and FoxBlue Printing.

A few members from our team hit up the last day of Old McKenzie Road being opened to bikes only as we rode from the valley side up over the pass into the town of Sisters, Oregon and then rode the whole thing back. Below are a few photos and the Strava summary of the ride. It was a fantastic trip I hope to do many more times in the future.